=AFFIRMATIVE= 
I’m going to give you a few quick tips in preparing your aff and structuring it in a manner that it can be wielded as an effective weapon against not only case attacks but a variety of off case positions. The emphasis, however, will be on the preparing to make your case stand up to a massive case hit in the 1nc. 

I. Preparedness 

A. Camp Cards 
1. Don’t read cards in your 1ac that both partners haven’t recut or read themselves 
-seems intuitive, but you’d be surprised how often you can ask a 1ac cx a simple question about their aff that they are unable to answer 
-mastery of your case right off the bat on the first cross-x question is key to credibility and your first impression on the judge and the validity of a lot of your future claims 
2. Think like your on the neg 
-think of all the weaknesses such as the internal link chain and be prepared to defend yours with evidence in the 2ac and with smart analytic arguments 
-know that the first thing the neg will do is read your 1ac articles, so you better have a grasp on the context of the cards you read…. This can be done by reading every article and then cutting off any possible clues toward neg arguments that might be given away in those articles 
a. some of these things are like strawperson arguments, people quoted and answered by your author 
b. footnotes and references to other articles  

by doing these things, you can short-circuit all angles of the negative’s approach to your case. Many times research beyond the 1ac and connected articles as I just mentioned will be very limited and means that the neg will rely on more generic arguments that you are traditionally prepared for. 

Remember, mastery of every angle of your aff is more important than cutting answers to any K or DA, because your case can and should be viewed as your most potent weapon against these types of arguments. All of your offense should be characterized as being connected in some manner with the story you are telling about your case in the 2ar. 

[explanation of how to use against K, give examples] 

aff preparedness doesn’t stop after you finish your 1ac and a bunch of 2ac blocks during the season. A good 2a will develop new means of strategically deploying the aff against off case positions as they see them and will constantly be in the search for better and perhaps more recent 1ac cards. If you stay on top of things and do a bunch of searches before major tournaments about your advantage area and whatever programs your plan deals with, you will be able to predict a significant amount of negative arguments. 

Some things you can do especially with new affs: 
1. don’t overlook the previous tips 
2. make flashcards with the cite on one side and the args made in each card on the other side 




2ac tips on answering a case hit: 
1. read EVERY Piece of evidence that is read against you in case debate unless you’ve heard and read the same exact card 1,-000 ,0000 times … even so, you should still check it to make sure its what you thing it is …. We pulled that on people when we read bernauer as an alternative with one of the Ks we read this year and people automatically assumed it was a generic biopower im pact 
-take the prep it will be worth it 

2. don’t be afraid to patch up any holes you left in your 1ac with 2ac cards on case – strengthening your internal link wall on the case would never hurt either – there’s nothing like a hidden new internal link embedded in a 2ac response to case args to ensure that you win your advantage. 

3. have some short cards that can be put embedded in your 2ac on case flows that are responsivce to whatever DA impact or possibly CP is right – happened with volunteerism CPs last year – slip in some offense against that and it’s quite likely to be conceded – a little cross application and you’re golden 

4. play the extinction game in the 2ac and 2ar – characterize anything from a solvency deficit to a CP or a lack of offense 

5. go to case flows that aren’t answered – characterize as an extinction DA that’s conceded 